Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-07

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Nearly ths Waols c0a1rry between
ApopEz Cry s1d Lake Apogxz Is - ere
a1d c9asI4srz3ls damage Is 1eizg 1czs.
Il requires CONSTANT Skating - Keep E1s
flames under eocrF9l.
A, Live Oak tie entire day Wsdzss1zT
was consumed By the Arguments q en- =
e. tee B1sGs c@lp4 case toi- " zlte
ard Ho1- william Brysoa FOR t1s delezs@.
and Hon. :. 7. Fisley for TIE pEossc1 -
iAoas have addressed tee 5zry.
TIE Bard o. AIssguaen 81 PzIztka have
Increased tue assessment Of tie lEcE1sz
tax from ~ % q pr cert. lor tss sinkinz
fund Tor I5c-, and al c4sa 9Ees Will here
af,sr 20 into that fund. This fund = used
exclusively for the payment Of lc;sEsst
+ z1d 0olcs-
Sheriff Ii Zasr- O. Levy county, rad the
mizfortg1e % break Ms lex while ont
hsLlnz q fsw Gays ago. He made leap
{ fr1E1 Cns rock 70 21ot1eF, LIS ioOs slip
f ping I1to creylcs 81 tas rock throwing
as E5cle weight On Iis leg, swapping
+ orr d tEe bones below the knee.
( Tae trains On the Savannah. Florida
aDG esceTn railroad we're % a greater or
isss extent delayed Frl1aT y the burn
+ ing 81 PORTION Of the tsestis leading 70
tie iron bridge over L1s =. zrF's FlTsr.
F II IS sad t1zt the Ere es1Zat from sparks
{ ffol tae engine. Tee ire Tzs eGLl1-
gItsle1 without any great amount Of
I damage being done, aEd the necessary re-
/ pairs mads 80 t1zt me Grsg train c0zld
( pass over 1It19at more tlzn three hours'
/ delay.
/ &. z. Pointer Z O.. d Tampa. are
I @OiDg a la-ee business IN the hide and
E pslt line RON. T1eF shipped two car
loads 81 COW hides last week, besides
( number Of bales Of deer, otter and other
: skins Or much more value. TIE value Of
last weeks shipment alone was more than
( $1,000, u - curious fact that higher
/ prices are paid in Tampa for articles il
t9ls line than are quoted for the same IN
I London. Pointer & co. have branch
J houses Ia Boston and Baltimore, besides
( an Once ia New 1Ork. They are going
7 ~ open a house in jacksonville within
I the next few weeks % handle business
I Tor that place.
a butcher bird created considerable
} amusement On Main street at Orlando
( Gay or tEo ego By its persistent fight
wife sn&Ee Which was trying 70 make
( Us way across that thoToIgnfare. TIE
{ snake mad started at lsisurely gait, or
4 rather slide, through The sand when the
/ bird s8OoDed down upon him and
/ piucked one Of his eyes out. Not satisfied
/ vita compelling the snake to 20 one eye
/ short, he lowered around al slight eIeva-
1 ton above the reptile. every now and then
| making a dip and pecklng at the other
| ere, until the snake unable TO make any
/ further progress was left 70 fret and
/ squlrm Ia the middle Of the road until
( come passeT-Dy killed him with a stick.
| The committee appointed to award the
I 800 prize for the best school exhibit at
/ tue Teacnery Institute Of tue DeFuniak
/ Chautauqua have divided the prize.
| They say liz concluding taeir report: SAT
/ ter carefully examining these exhibits,
/ some Of which are full and elaborate, We
/ DO not find any one or them 30 manifestly
| superior - all others az 70 merit the
entire prize. We therefore recommend
| that so be awarded TO Duval county, $50
| to EscamDia county, $50 70 AIacbua
| county, and $40 70 COlumD ia county. We
/ would also make honorable mention OF
| the Helena School exhibit in Sumter
| county, and especially OF the very excel
lent work Of the cOlored school 10 Jack
\ soEYilIe, which SHOWS IL 10 be one OF
/ the best public schools Of the kind in the
| south"
Live Oak Banner: On Saturday last
| Judge Phillips ordered Constable Wilson
to 90. torth and select from the body OF
the county SIX good and true men 10 act
| a. jury in matter that was TO be
| tried that day In has court. The consta-
/ able retired, and soon ran upon the req
| uislte nun Der all In one bunch. He gath
/ cred them all in mis- legal embrace and
/ marched them of to the Judge. W hen their
names we're recorded and the roll called
| IL was discovered that they were all Car
| rolls and Wnaleys. One OF the attorneys,
after carefully weighing and looking
/ them over, told the court Ia a very pretty
/ little talk that he objected 20 jury from
a family circle, 80 after considering the
/ matter the Judge good humoredly dis
charged them and ordered the constable
TO summon more.
While the steamer Cumberland was
| lying at PalafOx wharf, al Pensacola,
taking wood ABOARD, Capt. z. r. Saun-
/ ders stepped ND TO the United states Com
missiOner's ONCE and had the vessel
| libeied for the payment Of a note for $3.50,
! which be held, payable 70 himself at r. G.
| Brenps banking house in that city, and
which was made In March, 1885. by
| "James Mckay and for the owners OF
steamer Cumberland" Mckay having
been master Of the vessel at that time,
the note having since gone 10 protest.
When the Ubited States Deputy Marshal,
with a copy OF the mention In hand,
stepped down the dock little later, he
saw the smoke Of the Cumberland round
ing PIckens' Point as she swept into the
gulf, and she was gone, ''paying all bills
with the gafftOpsail," as the mariner
puts it.